Sinkhole risk in Saunders County, NE: Mostly deep or small
Mostly deep or small
Some soluble rock, mostly deeply buried or in a small share of the county.
- On soluble rock
- 1%
- At or near the surface
- 0%
- Buried under cover
- 1%
The next step for one property
Sinkholes are uncommon here; watch for new depressions after heavy rain or leaking pipes.
That works out to roughly 9 of Saunders County's 749 square miles on soluble rock. With about 23,406 residents (31 per square mile), much of the land is open, and the mapped rock may sit far from where people actually live. The figures come from 334 map points about 1.5 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.
Read next: how these percentages are measured, and the warning signs that apply anywhere.
Counties around Saunders County
The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Knox County, NE, about 117 miles northwest. 4 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.
- Dodge County, NE 24 mi north · 0% at surface
- Butler County, NE 25 mi west · 0% at surface
- Douglas County, NE 26 mi east · 0% at surface
- Sarpy County, NE 29 mi east · 0% at surface
- Lancaster County, NE 30 mi south · 0% at surface
- Washington County, NE 31 mi northeast · 0% at surface
Which formation it is
The largest mapped soluble unit here is the Shawnee Group (limestone), Late Pennsylvanian- Virgilian in age, covering about under 1% of the county. Next is the Lansing Group at under 1%.
Against the rest of Nebraska
Saunders County ranks 82 of 93 in Nebraska for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.
- Hamilton County 80%
- Adams County 79%
- Merrick County 79%
- Webster County 78%
- Franklin County 78%